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GREAT SCHEME
How q Colored Man Proposed to Get Even
with a Mortgage Shark.

HOW u COkOf60 man FFOpOS6O TO NreL Even
with Mortgage Shark.
A knock-kneed young negro went
into book store, and after spending
some time in rubbing the showcase
with his elbows, evidently waiting until
he could speak without being over
heard. he nodded clerk and asked:
"Say, is yer got any dat sorter ink dat
fades out er week ur SO arter yer writes
wild it?'
what do you want with such, ink?"
"Needs it in mer buzz mess, sab. +"
What is your business?''
s'Wall, sab, dar's er man down whar
/ lib, er cullud man, sab, dat lends
money on mortgages. Year TO last he
got two mules an er wagin frum me;
las yeah he got six bales o. cotton. an
now, dis yeah, he's laid his plans fur
goblin me up altergedder; so / wants
ter borry all de money / ken frum him,
an gin him er mortgage wrote in dat
fadin' ink. Er haw, haw-it makes me
laugh ter think erbout it. Ole rascal
take out his papers when de time fur
de payin' o de money comes, an, huh,
his ole lip drop cl'ar down ter de fio'
case dar amt no mortgage dar. Look
roun,' sab, an see eff yer KANT fine
some. Fetch yer er mess er squirrels
an pay yer fur it besides"
We've got no such ink, and even il
we had you couldn't get it. =
"All right, sab; all right. Ef yel
doan want ter hep er po' man make el
honis' libin', wy. it amt no fault o
mine. Arkansasc 1raUeler
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FAMILIAR SAYINGS.
Writers to whom the Authorship Of Many
of Them Is Traced


of Them Is Traced.
Many of our common sayings, so true
and pithy, are used without the least
idea from whose pen or mouth they first
originated. Probably the works of
Shakespeare furnish us with more Of
these familiar maxims than any other
writer, for to him we owe '.All is not
gold that glitters,'' "Make virtue Of
necessity" Screw your courage to the
sticking place" (not point), "They
laugh that win,'' This is the short and
long of it. y Comparisons are odious,"
..As merry as the day is long IA
Daniel come to Judgment, y 'Frailty,
thy name is woman,n and host OF
others,
Washington Irving gives "The al
mighty dollar
: Thomas .Murgan. queried long ago,
sWhat will Mrs. Grundy say?' while
Goldsmith answers, "Ask no questions
and IL tell you no fibs." e as
Charles Pinckney gives millions fol
defense, but not one cent for tribute. =
"First in war, first in peace, and first
in the hearts of his fellow-citizens"
(not lcountrymenl, appeared in the
resolutions presented to the House OF
Representatives in December, 1890. by
General Henry Lee. #
Thomas Tasser, writer of the six
teenth century. gives us ''Better late
than never, /" ''Look ere you leap and
'sThe stone that is rolling can gather
no moss.'' ~
| Gan cry and no WOOL is found in
Buffers "Hudibras.' Z
| Dryden says, sNone but the brave
deserve the fair" ''Men are but chill
dren Of larger growth and Through
thick and thin.
| "When Greek joined Greek then was
the tug of wal" came from Nathaniel
| Lee.
| .sOf two evils / have chosen the
least" and the END must justify the
MEANS" are from Mathew Prior.
| We are indebted to Colley Cibber for
the agreeable intelligence that Richard
is himself again." aNs
johnson tells us of "a good hater," "
and Mcintosh, in 1891. the phrase often
/ attributed to John Randolph, "Wise
and mastery inactivity" sds /
variety is the very spice OF life, :
/ and "Not much the worse for wear, y
Cowper. ''Man proposes, but God dis
/ poses," Thomas A Kempis. o xsf
Christopher Marlowe gave forth the
invitation SO often repeated by his
/ brothers in less public way. '.Loye
me little, love me long"
! Edward Coke was of the opinion that
"a mans house is his castle"
To Milton we owe 'sThe paradise Of
FOOLS "A wilderness of sweets and
"Moping melancholy and moon-struck
madness"
! Edward Young tells us "Death loves
shining mark and "a fool atforty il
a fool indeed. I"
1 From Bacon comes knowledge il
power" and Thomas Southerne reminds
us that "Pity's akin to love-" while
Dean Swift thought that "Bread is The
staff of ife.' -Brooklyn Magazine.
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! PHlLosoRHER .DuNDER.

- - -, r,.., rx.,... ~. -.
az os aimost Dsi,y ccsarrsnce. zr,sas
Sometimes ssomepody comes 10. mes
und saws yhas I Carl Dunder! / yhasI
All right, Mr.. Dunder, ] vhas going 10
trafal' md / ike some advice pf. Won.
lind / saws to him,. Keen sober. take.
the middle car on railroadt train. und
doan' bet on 1rs, some odder mans gaff,e e!9sss
Sometimes a ian nit q plug hat md
a bland shmilg-rnmes.;nte. INV. saloon
md saws how.lyou vllas. Mn Dunder.
und how yhas dot good wife Of yours,
und how does Shake get along, und
pless nv soul! but you vfas DEF fattsse
and ioIliest Datchmans In Detroit! Say,s
Mr.. Dunder, Iliketo shpeak a few words
NIT YOU in private. Ivhas going to run
for Office dis fall, ,ihd I ike to count on
YOU to help mes thi,ongh.sI pring ALI
der barty here to puy. beers und ! make
Shake NV deputy, Ell? How vhas It,
oldt frendtp Und Issay to him: z.Der
man who depends upon abolities vhassa
knave or foel. Derman who depends
upon politicians vhas all foo, u help
you und you yhas elected you forget
me. If I help you und you vhas de-
feated dot odder Candidate yhas my
enemy for life.r ssss aSi sssszs...,,..,
Sometimes a man NIT sadt look 81,
his face slips aroundt TO me und says /
like to talk toyou, MI. Dundersa Lyhas
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science AND INDUSTRY.

--Thsre are 10,000 women IN C1ncin-
natl wso earn their living. a
Scientists state that water orce
contarsinated by sewage never becomes
purifiesd by natural means.
1t las been discovered in France
that the fatty matter of wool may be
transformed into substance, which
has been named ''ceroid," having the
consistency and several properties OF
iwax.--Boston Budget. s ~
q -Spectroscopic observations give
different composition for variable stars
at different periods, thus indicating
that the variability results from the
combustion of different substances.
Flour barrels made from paper
pulp have been tested and approved by
the chief inspector of the New York
produce exchange. They are light,
tight, seamless and strong, and the
pulp can be made from common marsh
weeds and grasses. Chicago Tribune.
The japanese, says lie Genie Civile,
have invented a process of making
paper with marine algae This paper
is very strong and so transparent that
it can be used in the place of glass. It
takes colors well and much resembles
the ancient stained glass. ~
Boston is not one of the great loco
motive building centers of the country,
but nevertheless single establishment
in this city has orders for forty-six iron
horses, which will soon be snorting
across Western prairies or through
Northern forests. Boston Transcript.
According to Prof. Dufour, one of
the proofs-a new one-of the roundness
of the earth consists in the reformation
of images produced on large surfaces of
calm water. This may often be wit
messed on the Lake of Geneva, and in
the case of ships some miles distant at
sea.-M r Eran,i,ser.
The dam to be built at Quaker
Bridge to supply New York with water
will be the greatest reservoir in the
world, as it is to hold 10000. 900, 900
gallons. 1t will furnish 100 gallons of
water daily to each person in city OF
over 5000, 900 inhabitants, and will put
back the projectof drawing water from
Lake Champlain aud the Adirondack
region for the next forty or fifty years.
The dam itself will probably cost $10,-
600, ,000.-N o. Times Democrat s.1
-Sohneke states that the electricity
| which is discharged during a thunder
storm is produced by the friction OF
water and ice, that is, that the ice is
electrified by friction of water. just
before thunderstorm water-clouds
(cumulI and ice-clouds (cirri, cirros
rati) appear simultaneously in the sky.
| The friction of these particles of ice
and water is a sufficient cause of the
electricity which is generated. Y
Independent.
| If the condensed breath collected
on the cool window-panes of room
where number of persons have been
assembled be burned smell of singed
hair will show. the presence of organic
matter; and, if the condensed breath
| be allowed to remain on the windows
for a few days. it will be found ON ex-
animation by microscope, that it il
| alive with animalcul@. It is the in
halation Of air containing such putres
cent matter which causes half the sicl
headaches which might be avoided by /
circulation of fresh air.-Philadelphie
| R,tILef;n y Ess4t tss4-sf
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Heading Bobby OF.

Bobby Ito young Mr.. Featherly, a
guest at dinner)-Do you live on the
top floor of your boarding house, Mr..
Featherly? -
Mr.. Featherly-No, Bobby, second
floor front. Why?
Bobby Gndiferently)-O nothing.
only when Pa an Clara came home
from the theater last night they were
saying something about light in the
upper story. am as they were talking
about you, I Is'posed-
Father Robert, will you have another
piece of piea-N 7. Sun.
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--"If you want tew git IL the cir
cumference Of a man examine hinr am
among folks; but if you want tewsgit ms~,
at his aktual diameter measure him at
his fireside. Bestosa Coapassreial7 Rsils-x
tias.
\. -An Irishman who had on asvsrysa
ragged coat was askednf what stuff itesss
was made .'Bedad, / don't know, "'ams
said he; .but think the most Of It Is sssA
made Of. fresh air. ''-Boston Budget.
-Pedagogue- e-"What is shepherdr
The class do not respond II. .-s.Sups
pose you are alb lanlbs-vthatsis littiesssx
sheep-7what am r." Tommie.The 5,
biggest sheep. "-Boston Beacon. 'a1 a@A'
Friend to Robinson) s4sve just -
heard that Mrs Robinsong metiwith AZ
runaway notwithstanding but
didn't learn the particallarss aAnyhody
injureda", Robinson lcheerfulIy NO.
body but the fellow who ran away with SA
her. ."-New York SAM s6f gsasss sxsssg
I'D tell yous Fanny, Lam bound 70
succeed. I have the aptitude. IL is
close attention to small things which
makes man succeed. - ssAh, indeedis
Well, that explains it.'' Explains
what, Fannya" why You pay-se very
close attention to your lnustashea'n poT
| 1T seems that alawyer is something a.
of a, carpenter. He can file bin, split
| u hair, chop logic, dovetail an argu-8
ment, make ian entry, get up aacases
frame an indictment. empanel q jury.
put them in q box, nail witness, ham
mer a Judge, bore a court, chiscl AZ
client and other like things. sssm3sIaxs
A scientist -respansible for the
| statement that hair around the lnouth
| impairs the mental faculties. He says
| all great orators, statesmen, ministers =
and lawyers wear sniootha afaceszTh Thesass
discoveries We're probably made after
/ the scientist had used up half = lifetime
/ in unsuccessful attempts TO raise mus
tache. Utica Observer. ,eaAsss5 Aa .sa6
| Turning the Tables = Id awe.az
/ All, husband, do not scold your wife
/ Because she can't build pies like those -
/ Your mother used to bake -
Thatis unless you're quite prepared G3 n0
And buy 5 the the seslsisin @ iss ssoaues issf a.
Her father used to do.
| 4. g ss'tnb A-Mesvhant Irureler.bna
--..MyIdeaE said q Kistreet father.
to his daughter, .".who is the gentleman
! who has been so attentive to you Of
late?n 40, papa. he iss such snices
gentleman and he gets s., 900 a year,,
!. ''Great Scott. child. he must be cabi-
net Minister!' 20, no, he isn't papa;
/ he is the pitcher in baseball nine.
| Washington Post. 1Ss i'ssasisf
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There is considerable phosphor

There is considerable phosphorus
in the soil in portions of Georgia. In
Albany this spring the light emitted has
been remarkable, and correspondent
writes: Pedestrians have caught this
luminous substance on their feet, and
their path would be marked for short
distance by the light
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Fond Mother with baby)-"He
does look so like his father, doesn't hep"
Mr.. B.-"Yes, but. / shouldn't mind
that, as long as he is healthy. "-Judge.
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No pronounced egotist need be un-
happy. He mag get his nose pulled
occasionally. but he forgets that at the
close of the exercises, Judge.
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Experiments upon thirty-three Ger
man railroads have satisfactorily demon
strated the feasibility of using the tele-
phone upon moving trains, and especi-
ally where the traffic is not too crowded.
On heavier lines the telephone has not
proved sufficient for the purpose. and
has been used as an auxiliary to the
telegraph.-N. =. Herald
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-07-21
The state Fair.

The official premium list of the thirty
ninth annual state fair, to be held in Jack
son Sept. 1928, is just out and shows
premiums offered on seventy classes. The
rules require that Of these the entries in
live stock, poultry and farm implements
shall be in the hands Of the secretary. j..
{. Sterling Of Monroe, on or before sept.
1; entries of machinery by Sept. IA, and
applications for space by Sept. L. The
secretary will be in Jackson after Sept. s.
All the railroads will issue round trip
tickets at the price of sing e fare and will
carry freight free. The fair grounds lately
have been enlarged. tiled and graded, rev
exhibition buildings, stalls and pens erect
ed and the track improved
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-07-21
APPALLING DISASTER.
An Excursion Train Crashes Into a
Freight.
Nineteen Persons Killed or Burned


Nineteen Persons Killed or Burned to
Death.
A terrible accident occurred at the cross
iug of the Grand Trunk and the Michigan
Central railways i'm st. Thomas, Ont,
about o'clock on the evening of July Is.
An excursion train on the Grand Trunk
from Port Stanley ran into q passing
freight train OH the Michigan Central,
made up of number of cars laden with
oil. The engine crashed into one of these
cars, when the oil instantly took fire and
burned with great ferceness, communi-
eating 20 the cars on both trains and ex-
tending to Gritfin's warehouse. coal and
lime sheds adjoining the track on the west
and John Campbell s dwelling on the east,
all of which were burned to the ground
with their contents. Engineer Donnelly
of the excursion train was burned In the
wreck. His fireman jumped and escaped
with slight Injuries. The forward car Of
the excursion train was filled with pass
cngers, who made frantic efforts to es-
cape, but Notwithstanding hundreds of
brave and willing hands were Immediately
at work to assist In their rescue, 10 lives
nave been lost and the victims burned be-
You'd recognition before their bodies could
be got ont of the wreck.
At s o'clock when thousands of people
were crowdiDg around the burning pile,
one of the oil tanks on the ears suddenly
exploded, throwing hundr, d TO the ground
with great force and scattering fire In all
directions, and severely, perhaps fatally,
injuring many. In about an hour nine
bodies had been taken out. They were
burned to crisp.
II is most impossible to ascertain with
any certainty the names of those lost In
the wreck. There are many conflicting
rumOrs, but it seems almost certain that
Engineer IL. Donnely; Mr.. Iceland, clerk
in j. u w. marlborough s dry goods
store. and child, and the wife and child of
James Smithers, dry goods merchant,
of ST. Thomas, were burned Ia death.
Gangs of men under the direction of
Supt. Morford and Assistant Supt, Moore
head Of the Michigan Central road and j.
Stewart agent for the Grand Trunk rail
way, at once removed the debris, and the
track was cleared by daylight All the
telegraph wires were destroyed and seve-
raj poles were burned, thus interruptng
communication.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-07-21
Prizes for Soldiers.

Following is the list of prizes TO be
awarded at the coming reunion Of the sol
diers' and sailors association of Central
Mich gan to be held in lonia August 16,
II and is; To largest and most military
appearing post in the grand review, set Of
national cOlors. value S25 10 post showing
greatest proficiency on competitive drill,
in school of the company, $50; second best,
SO; best skirmish drill. $40; second best,
Sl0 best uniformed post SO; second best,
So; to post having largest attendance for
three days at dress parade and review, $50;
second. $40; to post having largest per-
centage of membership present, average
three days, $40; second. So; largest regi-
mental reunion, $40; second S.; largest
camp sons OF veterans, SO; second So;
largest relief corps, $40; second, SIS; to
post having best policed and regulated
camp during encampment, $40; second,
So TO post having best conducted messing
arrangements during encampment, So;
second, So; best drum corps. Sl0 second,
S.. In the competitive drills Upton's tao
tics will be standard. Movements not laid
down in the tactics will he scored against
the post using them. Premiums will be
awarded on the third day of the encamp-
ment.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-07-21
Four persons Drowned.

The steamer City of Mackinac run down
a row boat containing four persons, oppo-
site Belle Isle, near Detroit, Saturday eve
ming, July Is, and the occupants were
drawn beneath the surface by the suction
of the wheels and drowned. There was
no time for the unfortunates to save them
selves from death. The huge steamer cut
the frail craft squarely in halves.
The occupants of the boat were Christie
pher Nicolaus. and his wife, Jacob Bach
man and Jacob Roller. From all that can
be learned no blame can be attached to
any one but the victims, as no light was
displayed by the row boat.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-07-21
Gould Gets There.

1t is reported that Gould has succeeded
in bringing all the parties in the Baltimore
& Ohio deal to his terms through manipu-
atiOn of the stock market. Nothing
definite will be done until news comes
from Mr.. Mackay, who is now in Europe,
that the settlement of the cable war can
be effected. Then the pending deals will
be completed. 1t is also said that Gould
will retire from active speculation, and q
rise in the market may be looked for
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-07-21
Coldwater's Loss,

The four-story factory building, bending
room, dry kiln and large blacksmith shop
of the Coldwater road cart company was
totally destroyed by fire the other morning.
together with IS. 900 worth of machinery,
about 5000 chairs and carts. The fire
originated in the engine room and all was
destroyed inside OF an hour The loss is
fully So. 900. The company started bust
ness again the next morning in the factory
building mp town. Fortunately the COM
panys paint shop and finishing room were
up town with much stock. The company
will rebuild il at once.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-07-21
Vic. Kicks Againstthe Bill,

The expense attending the entertain
ment of royalty, etc.. at the recent jubilee
exercises will reach 81, 125. 900, and the
queen has after mature delberation de-
cided that she ought not to pay this extra
ordinary amount She is plucking up
courage to urge Salisbury 10 ask parlia-
ment TO assume the debt of gratitude.
Lord Salisbury, realizing that such step
means the overthrow of the tory govern
ment, will hesitate long before taking 1t.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-07-21
Burning Sugar.

The st. Lawrence sugar refinery IN
Montreal, seven-story brick building
was destroyed by fire the other morning
involving loss of $500, 600. John Moore
while descending the fire escape, lost his
hold and fell to the ground. He expired
almost Immediately. Another man wht
jumped from a window broke his leg
Others are reported to be missing or seri
ously injured. The property was heavil!
insured. mostly in American companies.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-07-21
Caused by an Incendiary.

An unknown incendiary started fire
in William II. Pangle's livery stable in
Lima, Ohio, at an early hour the other
morning. and before the flames were
under control it destroyed the barn and
eight horses, scOrched the Lima house,
licked up Sontagg's tobacco warehOus,
partially Quilted the Nelly block and des-
troyed several other buildings, comprising
a number of stores, Offices, etc. The loss
is heavy with small insurance.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-07-21
Died of Hydrophobia.

Bernard T. Michenfelder, son of Anton
Michenfelder, president of the Bavarian
brewing company of Detroit, was bitten by
n little Irish spaniel belonging to the
family, early in June. He at once had
the wound cauterized. The patient went
about his business as usual and the injury
caused him no Inconvenience for several
weeks. On Thursday, the 18th inst, how.
ever, he began to exhibit all the signs OF
hydrophobia. and fingered In horrible
agony until the morning of the 18th, When
death came to his release.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-07-21

The length to which blind creduilty
will 90 has just been illustrated in the
case of man in Frankfort, Ky. He
had been a sufferer from asthma for
years, and on being tol recently by a
friend that if he would swallow a few
bird hot every day for a few weeks he
would be cured, he promptly tegan to
do so. After he had swallowed about
Tour pounds violent symptoms of lead
poisoning were developed and the man
was obliged to go to physician. His
life was saved, but he still has the
asthma as bad as ever.